Re: simple explanation for order-only prerequisite?

[David Deutsch]

On 05.11.19 04:51, Kaz Kylheku (gmake) wrote:
> Why would we make a directory order-only? Because it's not a
> real input to the build.

That has always been the crux for me about understanding order-only
prerequisites: - It's an OOP if the prerequisite is not directly /used/
in the recipe for the target.

mytarget: [things that are used in the recipe] | [things that need to
"be there" before the recipe is executed]
    mybin $< > $@

-David